kris thacher | lament of a potter, poet, paper-maker

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POETRY DISPATCH No. 372 | May 10, 2012

KRISTIN THACHER

Lament of a Potter, Poet, Paper-Maker…

36 heirloom tomatoes to get into the ground soon, plus two giant pumpkin plants; a vision of a pot like a spring moon trying to surface; three collages of handmade paper sumi-nagashi with leaves, and sticks being arranged, rearranged, put away, taken out, rearranged; trying to get a little book put together for the oral history project of 14 living treasures (I will never, ever do a book by committee again!); have to get up early to write poetry before the rest of the day picks me up like a tornado and sets me down elsewhere; too many invoices, too many bureaucratic forms, too many grant proposals, too many meetings; wifery smilery sweepery, billery, bah!

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jim karr(23:39:00) :

seems like this poem reflects a very corperate schedule–like when I was working in NYC –what’s the point of art?–PRODUCT CREATION???–if we adhere to the virtue of BUSYNESS- we shall soon have the whole planet paved !–GOODY !

Like a line drawing of emotions, that give the essence of the frustrations of the mundane. Love the flow / makes me realise how to get like this is draining. I should take time out throw a pot just for the sake of it. Nothing else lasts.

What the poem fails to say, is that Kris will do each of these things, yes, even the smilery, with a level of excellence that most of us only dream about while (sort of) accomplishing our one or two little tasks. Brava, Kris!

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